Jonathan Schaeffer | |
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 June, 2014 | |
| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Alma mater | University of Waterloo University of Toronto |
| Known for | Chinook (draughts player), Polaris (poker bot) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Artificial intelligence Heuristic search |
| Institutions | University of Alberta |
| Thesis | Experiments in Search and Knowledge (1986) |
| Website | webdocs |
Jonathan Herbert Schaeffer FRSC[1] (born 1957) is a Canadian researcher and professor at the University of Alberta and the former Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence.
He led the team that wrote Chinook, the world's strongest American checkers player, after some relatively good results in writing computer chess programs. He is involved in the University of Alberta GAMES group developing computer poker systems. Schaeffer is also a member of the research group that created Polaris, a program designed to play the Texas Hold'em variant of poker. He is a Founder of Onlea,[2] which produces online learning experiences.
- ^ Graney, Juris (3 August 2018). "Dean of science resigns from University of Alberta". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
- ^ "Our Team". Onlea Corporation. Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2014-10-10.